NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 63.
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Anastasia’s pov ?
Nicklaus’s mansion… 2:56pm…
I rub my eyes and stretch my stiff limbs as I release a short yawn, my eyes meets the clock and I sigh.
It’s already 2:57pm, I didn’t know I slept so long.. at that moment, I heard a knock on the door.
“Anna, are you still asleep?” Jack?!
Fear grip me at once at the sound of his voice, I grabbed the blanket and pulled it closer to my chest.
Is he here to rape me again?!
But I take another look around and realized I’m still at Klaus’ mansion…in our room.
“Anna, can you hear me?”
The voice came again, I listened closely this time and realized it’s Jerry.
“It’s time for lunch!” He speaks again..I breath in relief when I’m sure I’m safe.
I wanted to reply him, but a groan caught my attention.. I look towards the sound and saw Matilda sleeping on the couch.
She look so tired even in her sleep, I guess she’s tired from work and…
“Aren’t you gonna have lunch?” Jerry asked.
“Hold on!” I said.
I hopped off the bed and walk towards the door, I opened it and step out.. Matilda looks like she needs that sleep.
“Anna, good afternoon!” Jerry greets me with a smile.
I returned his smile weakly.
“Good afternoon, Jerry!” I replied him.. I gather my blouse to cover myself properly.
Jerry seem to notice this, he took a few steps away from me.. I guess he’s aware of what happened in the morning.
“I just wanna remind you that you haven’t have lunch yet…do you still want it now?” He asked.
Lunch…I shake my head, not that I’m not hungry but because I’m not in the mood for food.
“Master said I must make sure you eat lunch!”
“Klaus?!”
He nods, my eyes light up and a smile spread on my face.., he came back!
“Where’s he? Is he in his study?”
“No, he’s not home yet”
My smile falters. “Then when did he said I should eat lunch?”
“He called me, he asked how you’re doing and said I should make sure you eat lunch!”
“Oh!”
I walked down the stairs into the living room, I sit on a sofa and grab a cushion.. I reached for the TV remote control.
“So.. what do you wanna eat?” Jerry asked.
“I’m not hungry!”
I turn on the TV and starts flipping through channels, trying to find something to watch.
“But master said…”
“Just get me some apples!” I snapped at him.
He nods and head towards the kitchen.
Honestly, I don’t know why I just snapped at him.. I don’t know if it’s because I’m sad or angry at myself.
*Maybe I should call Klaus… No, I better don’t!*
Jerry comes back with the apples on a plate and drops it on the table..table? When did Jerry replaced the table?
“Thank you!”
“You’re welcome” he smiled. “I’ll carry on with my work!” He said and leaves.
I decided to watch some cartoons since I didn’t find any interesting movie.. monster high pops on screen and I decided to watch it.
I reached for my plate of apples, soon I heard footsteps and I knew it’s Matilda.
But I didn’t pay attention to her, cause I wasn’t even paying attention to the TV.. I’m lost in my own thoughts.
“Anastasia!”
I snapped out of my thoughts and face her, she sighed.
“I guess you’ve woke up for quite some time now!” She said.
I nod and take a bite from the half piece of apple in my hand.. she reached for a piece of apple too and takes a bite.
“Mr Statham got a nice place here.. very nice!” She said.
My eyes subconsciously scan the living room, I lean back on the sofa and sigh.
“Sadly, I’ll leave soon!”
“Ok… I don’t know what’s going through your head, but Rhoda already told you Mr Statham won’t break up with you!”
“Yeah, that’s what she thinks…”
All they told me are just their assumptions, Klaus was very serious when he said he’s gonna consider breaking up.
And to make things worse, he hasn’t come home since he left.
“… the more I think about what happened, the more I find out it’s totally my fault!”
“Can we stop talking about this? And talk about something else?”
She does a little thinking, then claps her hands.
“How about we play a game, truth or….”
We both flinched back as we heard a loud bang, Klaus walks in with an angry scowl on his face.
Marcus rushed in after him, I got up with a frown as I saw how dishevelled, tired and pale he looked.
“Marc, leave!” Klaus growled.
“I get it that you’re angry, Nicky, but that doesn’t mean you can go about fighting!” Marcus said.
Klaus stopped walking and turned to him, he points his finger at Marcus’s chest.
“I didn’t wanna fight him, you were there! From where did he get the news?!”
News?! What news?!
“We don’t know how he got that news, but fighting with him won’t solve anything!”
“I just taught him to always watch his mouth!” Klaus said.
He slumps onto the sofa next to me, Marcus fetched his phone from his pocket and dialed a number.
Matilda and I exchange looks, silently asking each other what happened…but we’re both clueless.
“Tasia, look!” Matilda showed me Klaus’ hand.
His right hand is bleeding, blood dripping off his fingers.. I think he got this injury from that fight.
His phone starts ringing, he reaches for it with his left hand and answers it… I take a step forward to check his hand but I flinched back as his voice boomed.
“I. Don’t. Know. How. You’ll. Do. It. But. Make. Sure. That. News. Doesn’t. Go. Out!” He roared and hang up..he throws his phone angrily on the table.
Klaus looked so upset right now, even way more upset than he was this morning.. which is making me very curious now.
What news could get Klaus so worked up?!
“Nicky, how much do you wanna pay to shut their mouth?” Marcus asked.
He’s just finished speaking to someone on the phone.. Matilda steps closer to me.
“What’s going on?” She whisper in my ear.
I simply shake my head, since I don’t know too.. I turn my attention back to Klaus and Marcus.
“How much are they demanding?” Klaus asked him.
“$8,000,000!”
“I’ll give them $5,000,000!” He replied.
Marcus nods and starts typing on his phone, just then Graham walked in.. he walked straight to Klaus.
“Mr Statham, some reporters are waiting outside your mansion!”
Reporters? Why are the reporters here? I need to know what’s going on.
“G-graham?” I called him quietly.
He heard me and turned to me.
“Why are the reporters here?” I asked him.
“Oh, I don’t know how the media find out about your ra…”
“Shut up, Graham!” Klaus barked at him.
He glared maliciously at Graham, before turning to me and smiled… He smiled at me!
“This is about my business, something happened at the office and they’re here to get first hand news!” He said.
He’s lying, I already know why they’re here, though Graham didn’t complete his words but I get what he wanted to say.
He’s protecting me, even when he’s angry.. he’s spending so much money to protect my dignity.
“Graham, get out!”
“Yes, sir!” Graham rushed out.
Matilda holds my hand and squeezes it reassuringly, I took a deep breath to calm down.
“I have settled that blog, the news is just deleted from their site… ”
Marcus said and shows Klaus something on his phone, Klaus nods in approval.
“… I’ll have to go back to my office and find out who leaked the news!”
“What about those videos?” Klaus asked.
Videos?! There were videos of Jack raping me?! It’s over! I just pray aunt doesn’t hear about this!
“The videos are deleted too!” Marcus said.
Klaus nods and leans back on the sofa, he rubs his forehead gently.. like he’s having a headache.
“Baby, let’s go, we have work!” Marcus said to Matilda.
She nods and faces me.
“Mr Statham is back, I think I should go now.. whatever you do don’t provoke him, he’s going through a lot!”
I nod, she smiled at me and rushed off with Marcus.. now it’s just me and Klaus.
My eyes settled on his injured hand, my legs move forward until I’m standing in front of Klaus.. I squat and take his hand.
I’m kinda scared, he’s angry and he might flip on me.. luckily he didn’t say anything.
I examine his hand, the wound is quite deep as if he was stabbed.. but it’s a cut.
“Why did you get yourself injured?” I asked in a very quiet voice.
He didn’t say anything, all I could hear from him was his heavy breath.
“You must have lost so much blood, I’ll be back.. I should go get a first aid kit!”
I got up and rushed towards our room, I fetched the first aid kit and rushed back to the living room.
I take his hand and start cleaning his wound, he didn’t flinch nor did he hissed in pain.. I can feel his gaze on me.
“My beautiful fiancee!” He said.
His beautiful fiancee?! Is he ok?! Isn’t he angry at me?! Why is he calling me beautiful now?!
“Have you eaten lunch?” He asked.
I didn’t reply, not that I don’t want to.. I just didn’t dare to!
“Anastasia Statham… Isn’t that a nice name?” He asked.
He chuckles lightly, I raised my head and studies him.. he’s looking at me so lovingly, like this is the first time he’s seeing me.
“Did you eat lunch?” He asked.
I shake my head and he frowns slightly.
“Don’t starve yourself, we have enough food in this house.. I’ll go make you something to eat!”
He reaches out and uses his left hand to caress my hair, he leans forward and kiss my forehead.
“My fiancee shouldn’t stay hungry!”
His behavior is confusing me right now.. it’s making me scared.. he’s supposed to be mad at me.. right?
“Why are you still being good to me?” I asked.
He simply smiles.
“You should be mad at me after what happened this morning, but you’re… ”
“Shut up!” He cuts me off in a calm tone.
His expression change drastically, his eyes grows dark and I falls into a sitting position on the floor.
“I’m trying hard to forget about that.. that.. that… ”
He growled, he snatched his hand from me and got up.
“I’m going to sleep, I’m having a severe headache!” He said and head upstairs.
I got up and rushed after him.
“I can give you a massage and help you relax”
He stopped outside our room, he grabbed the handle and pushed it open.
“I don’t need it! And don’t follow me!” He stepped into the room and slammed the door shut.
I sighed, I slap my mouth.. why didn’t I just shut up and clean his wound?
Everything is messed up, now the media knows about my rape case and Klaus is spending money to cover it.
What should I do now?!
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